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BIOGRAPHY OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT (continued)
Biography of directors (continued)
Independent non-executive directors (continued)
Mr. Nobuyuki Idei, 76, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since September 28, 2011.
Mr. Idei is the founder and chief executive officer of Quantum Leaps Corporation, a consultancy company. Until retiring
in June 2005, for more than a decade, Mr. Idei held a wide variety of leadership positions in Sony Corporation (Tokyo
Stock Exchange, Osaka Securities Exchange, NYSE and London Stock Exchange listed), including chairman and
group chief executive officer. He was also the chairman of Sony’s advisory board from June 2005 to June 2012.
Mr. Idei currently serves on the boards of directors of Accenture plc (NYSE listed), Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ listed),
FreeBit Co., Ltd. and Monex Group, Inc. (both Tokyo Stock Exchange listed). Mr. Idei is also chairman of the National
Conference on Fostering Beautiful Forests in Japan. Mr. Idei holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and
economics from Waseda University in Tokyo.
He has served on the boards of directors of Nestlé S.A., Electrolux and General Motors Company and also served in
a number of other advisory positions including as counselor to the Bank of Japan, vice chairman of Nippon Keidanren
(Japan Business Federation) and chairman of the IT Strategy Council, an advisory committee to Japan’s Prime Minister.
Mr. William O. Grabe, 76, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since February 8,
2012 and was appointed as the lead independent director of the Company on May 23, 2013. Before that, he was a
non-executive director of the Company since May 17, 2005. Mr. Grabe is currently a director of the following listed
companies: Gartner Inc. (NYSE listed), Compuware Corporation, Covisint Corporation and QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (all
are NASDAQ listed). Mr. Grabe is an advisory director of General Atlantic LLC. He formerly served as a managing
director of General Atlantic and has been associated with General Atlantic Group since 1992. Prior to that, he served
as the vice president and corporate officer of IBM.
Mr. William Tudor Brown, 55, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since January 30,
2013. Mr. Brown is a Chartered Engineer and holds an MA (Cantab) degree in electrical sciences from Cambridge
University. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of
Engineering. He was awarded as Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on June 15, 2013.
Mr. Brown was one of the founders of ARM Holdings plc (London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ listed). During the
years with ARM, he held a broad range of leadership positions including engineering director, chief technical officer,
executive vice president for global development, chief operating officer and president. He had responsibility for
developing high-level relationships with industry partners and governmental agencies and for regional development.
He also served as a director of ARM from October 2001 to May 3, 2012. Before joining ARM, he was the principal
engineer at Acorn Computers Ltd., working exclusively on the ARM research & development programme since 1984.
Mr. Brown is currently an independent non-executive director of Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ listed),
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (NYSE and HKSE listed) and P2i Limited. He also sits on the
advisory board of Annapurna Labs. He was a non-executive director and a senior independent director of ANT plc
(London Stock Exchange listed) until his retirement from these positions in February 2013. He also served on the UK
Government Asia Task Force until May 2012.